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Environmental Geology

Environmental Geology

Summary

Environmental Geology, ninth edition, presents the student with a broad overview of environmental geology. The text looks both at how the earth developed into its present condition and where matters seem to be moving for the future. It is hoped that this knowledge will provide the student with a useful foundation for discussing and evaluating specific environmental issues, as well as for developing ideas about how the problems should be solved.

Table of Contents

Foundations

An Overview of Our Planetary Environment

Rocks and Minerals-A First Look

Internal Processes

Plate Tectonics

Earthquakes

Volcanoes

Surface Processes

Streams and Flooding

Coastal Zones and Processes

Mass Movements

Ice and Glaciers, Wind and Deserts

Climate-Past, Present, and Future

Resources

Water as a Resource

Soil as a Resource

Mineral and Rock Resources

Energy Resources-Fossil Fuels

Energy Resources-Alternative Sources

Waste Disposal, Pollution, and Health

Waste Disposal

Water Pollution

Air Pollution

Other Related Topics

Environmental Law and Policy

Land-Use Planning and Engineering Geology

Geologic Time, Geologic Process Rates

Introduction to Topographic and Geologic Maps and Remotely Sensed Imagery